Data is the next natural research | #SparkInsight
“The decade and maybe even the century is defined by the data and analytics. It’s why we call it the insight economy. Spark is the analytics operating system for that to just unlock that…
It’s time and we are capable | #WomenInTech
A few weeks ago I was sitting in a room with hundreds of Silicon Valley’s most powerful and intelligent women, yet the energy was light, the smiles were abundant and the walls we women…
Smart homes driving most revenue in IoT markets
This week’s Smart DevOps roundup features a study that reveals the monetization in Internet of Things (IoT) apps, a partnership to deliver cloud PaaS to IoT developers, and a company that’s adopting a new…
WhatsApp gets a failing grade on EFF privacy scorecard
By Eric David
Privacy is a growing concern in the digital age, and few companies find themselves being criticised for how they handle user privacy more than Facebook Inc. Apparently some of those problems also extend to the…
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Wikibon view: IBM legitimizing Spark to compete with Hadoop
IBM has legitimized Spark and wants to shift the axis of Big Data processing, the way it did the operating system world when it committed to Linux across all its platforms 16 years ago,…
The New Cybersecurity is about spotting attacks, not preventing them
What say we just give up on preventing cyberattacks? Let’s accept that securing all endpoints is impossible and humans can always be duped. Preventing entry is a losing battle. Better to concentrate on noticing…
Facebook tests out “See First” feature for more personalized News Feed
By Eric David
Over the last few years, Facebook Inc has been slowly tweaking the way News Feed works to make it easier for users to see the content that actually interests them. That can be hard…
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Open-source momentum: Red Hat sees revenue spike 23 percent in first quarter
While the proprietary giants of the enterprise are either struggling to shore up declining revenue streams or trying to shift towards a more open business model, Red Hat Inc. is cruising ahead at a…
Top iOS 9 rumors and features: This week in iPhone news
Apple recently held its annual Worldwide Developers Conference where it announced the next iteration of its mobile operating system, the iOS 9. After the announcement, the rumor mill for the next iPhone was churning frantically…
Bitcoin as a solution for Greece during the current crisis: what you need to know
By Duncan Riley
Unless you ignore news reports, you’d know that Greece is in a spot of bother at the moment, and may default on its sovereign debt. Quite a few sites have suggested that Bitcoin could,…